AFP says Labor raids 'second phase' of NBN probe

by dburdon

Daniel BurdonDaniel Burdon is APN Australian Regional Media's Canberra bureau reporter, covering federal parliament and politics. He was previously a rural and general news reporter at the Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton and worked in Alice Springs for the Centralian Advocate.

Some media have reported that both Mr Turnbull's office and the office of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten were informed of the raid after they were completed last night.

Mr Shorten said this morning the raids may have been related to Mr Turnbull's stewardship of the NBN roll-out in his time as Communications Minister, but there is no evidence to tie Mr Turnbull or any other government MP to the AFP investigation.

An AFP statement said the raids were part of a "phased approach" to the investigation, with the second phase now underway to examine and analyse the "material collected during these search warrants".

"The federal government and opposition were appropriately notified and advised of operational activity regarding this matter after it commenced yesterday," the AFP said.

"The AFP has received assistance from the NBN Co in this investigation, which included facilitating interviews with a number of NBN Co employees as part of yesterday's activity."